U.S. patent number 8,229,481 [Application Number 11/843,656] was granted by the patent office on 2012-07-24 for method and related device for making memorandum in mobile communications device.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Winstron NeWeb Corporation. Invention is credited to Wen-Hsin Chiang, Tzu-Yuan Meng.
United States Patent |
8,229,481 |
Meng , et al. |
July 24, 2012 |
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Method and related device for making memorandum in mobile
communications device
Abstract
A method for making a memorandum in a mobile communications
device includes displaying a label on a screen of the mobile
communications device, displaying a note in the label according to
a first user instruction, and attaching a multimedia data
corresponding to the note according to a second user
instruction.
Inventors: |
Meng; Tzu-Yuan (Taipei Hsien,
TW), Chiang; Wen-Hsin (Taipei Hsien, TW) |
Assignee: |
Winstron NeWeb Corporation
(Hsi-Chih, Taipei Hsien, TW)
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Family
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40096350 |
Appl.
No.: |
11/843,656 |
Filed: |
August 23, 2007 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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US 20080305812 A1 |
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jun 8, 2007 [TW] |
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96120815 A |
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Current U.S.
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455/466; 708/110;
340/457; 340/309.7 |
Current CPC
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H04M
1/72439 (20210101); H04W 4/18 (20130101); H04M
1/72427 (20210101) |
Current International
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H04W
24/00 (20090101) |
Field of
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;455/466 ;708/110
;340/309.7,457 |
References Cited
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Foreign Patent Documents
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595792 |
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Primary Examiner: Bost; Dwayne
Assistant Examiner: Zhang; Edward
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Hsu; Winston Margo; Scott
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A method for making a memorandum in a mobile communications
device comprising: displaying a label on a screen of the mobile
communications device; displaying a note in the label according to
a first user instruction; and attaching an audio data corresponding
to the note to the label according to a second user instruction;
and playing the audio data when the label is displayed on the
mobile communications device and the mobile communications device
determines that the number of words of the note is larger than the
screen size of the mobile communications device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the note in the label
further comprises editing the note.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein attaching the audio data
corresponding to the note further comprises editing the audio
data.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the label having the
note is displaying the label on the screen of the mobile
communications device when the mobile communications device is in
an idle state.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the label having the
note is displaying the label on the screen of the mobile
communications device in a predetermined time.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the label conforms to a data
storage format, the data storage format comprises: a note content
field for storing contents of the note; and a multimedia data
storage address field for storing a storage address of the audio
data corresponding to the note.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the data storage format further
comprises: a index field for storing an index of the label; a
storage status field for indicating whether the audio data
corresponding to the note is in a play state; a label display
status field for indicating whether the label is displayed on the
screen of the mobile communications device; and a time field for
storing a time when generating the label.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising: transmitting the label
to an electronic device through a transmission interface.
9. A method for making a memorandum in a mobile communications
device, wherein a label is displayed on a screen of the mobile
communications device and a note is displayed in the label, the
method comprising: providing an audio data; storing the audio data
in the mobile communications device; and attaching the audio data
corresponding to the note to the label according to a multimedia
data storage address; and playing the audio data when the label is
displayed on the mobile communications device and the mobile
communications device determines that the number of words of the
note is larger than the screen size of the mobile communications
device.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising: triggering a
predetermined key for playing the audio data when the mobile
communications device displays the note in the label.
11. The method of claim 9 further comprising: transmitting the
label to an electronic device through a transmission interface.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the label conforms to a data
storage format, the data storage format comprises: a note content
field for storing contents of the note; and a multimedia data
storage address field for storing the multimedia data storage
address of the audio data corresponding to the note.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the data storage format further
comprises: a index field for storing an index of the label; a
storage status field for indicating whether the audio data
corresponding to the note is in a play state; a label display
status field for indicating whether the label is displayed on the
screen of the mobile communications device; and a time field for
storing a time when generating the label.
14. A mobile communications device for making a memorandum
comprising: a screen; a keypad; a multimedia input unit for
inputting multimedia signals; and a memorandum unit comprising: an
output module for displaying a label on the screen and playing an
audio data after being triggered and the label is displayed on the
mobile communications device; a first input module for displaying a
note in the label according to a first user instruction; and a
second input module for attaching the audio data corresponding to
the note according to a second user instruction when the mobile
communications device determines that the , number of words of the
note is larger than the screen size of the mobile communications
device.
15. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the
output module is further utilized for playing the audio data when a
predetermined key of the mobile communications device is
triggered.
16. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the first
input module is further utilized for editing and deleting the
note.
17. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the
second input module is further utilized for editing and deleting
the audio data.
18. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the
output module is further utilized for deleting the label.
19. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the label
can be transmitted to an electronic device through a transmission
interface.
20. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the
output module for displaying the label on the screen of the mobile
communications device is for displaying the label on the screen of
the mobile communications device when the mobile communications
device is in an idle state.
21. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the
output module for displaying the label on the screen of the mobile
communications device is for displaying the label on the screen of
the mobile communications device in a predetermined time.
22. The mobile communications device of claim 14, wherein the label
conforms to a data storage format, the data storage format
comprises: a note content field for storing contents of the note;
and a multimedia data storage address field for storing a storage
address of the audio data corresponding to the note.
23. The mobile communications device of claim 22, wherein the data
storage format further comprises: a index field for storing an
index of the label; a storage status field for indicating whether
the audio data corresponding to the note is in a play state; a
label display status field for indicating whether the label is
displayed on the screen of the mobile communications device; and a
time field for storing a time when generating the label.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and related device for
making a memorandum in a mobile communications device, and more
particularly, to a method and related device by attaching a
multimedia data to a note for making the memorandum in the mobile
communications device.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The general form of note stickers, such as the American company
3M's POST-IT, are wildly used in daily life. When a user wants to
rapidly and briefly record important affairs or schedules, he or
she can write down a note on a note sticker and paste the note
sticker on various articles, such as file folders, desks or
refrigerators, so that the user can be reminded of the relevant
matters at any moment.
However, with the advance and the popularity of information
technology, note stickers in electronic form have also emerged in
personal computer systems. Similar to the conventional note
stickers, the user can also record important affairs or schedules
in an electronic note sticker, and can "paste" the electronic note
sticker on a desktop of the computer system or in other folders, so
as to remind the user of the relevant matters at any moment. In
comparison to the conventional note stickers, the electronic note
stickers are essentially computer application programs, and thus
those skilled in the art can easily expand related functions
according to practical demands. For example, the electronic note
stickers can be edited or modified by the user at any moment, or
can have a timer function for reminding the user in a predetermined
time. Thus, for those accustomed to working with computers, the
electronic note stickers have gradually replaced the conventional
note stickers.
Similarly, the electronic note stickers can also be applied on
mobile communications devices. However, since the mobile
communications device has to be small in size and easy to carry,
the screen cannot be designed too large in general. Thus, since
confined by the screen size, the number of words and rows in each
note of the electronic note sticker are greatly restricted. Please
refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art
electronic note sticker applied on a mobile phone 10. As shown in
FIG. 1, a screen 100 of the mobile phone 10 has 176.times.220
pixels, and thus, when an electronic note sticker 110 is displayed
on the screen 100, each note 120 can only accommodate about three
rows of words, so that the user can not fully record the related
information appropriately, which significantly restricts
applications of the electronic note stickers in the mobile
communications devices.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary objective of the present invention to
provide a method and related device for making a memorandum in
mobile communications device.
The present invention discloses a method for making a memorandum in
a mobile communications device. The method comprises displaying a
label on a screen of the mobile communications device; displaying a
note in the label according to a first user instruction; and
attaching a multimedia data corresponding to the note according to
a second user instruction.
The present invention further discloses a method for making a
memorandum in a mobile communications device, wherein a label is
displayed on a screen of the mobile communications device and a
note is displayed in the label. The method comprises providing a
multimedia data; storing the multimedia data in the mobile
communications device; and attaching the multimedia data
corresponding to the note according to a multimedia data storage
address.
The present invention further discloses a mobile communications
device for making a memorandum. The mobile communications device
comprises a screen; a keypad; a multimedia input unit for inputting
multimedia signals; and a memorandum unit comprising an output
module for displaying a label on the screen; a first input module
for displaying a note in the label according to a first user
instruction; and a second input module for attaching a multimedia
data corresponding to the note according to a second user
instruction.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt
become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading
the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that
is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art electronic note
sticker applied on a mobile phone.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a process for making a memorandum
in a mobile communications device according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application of the process in
FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a data storage format of the label
in FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a data transmission process for
transmitting a label to another electronic device through a data
transmission interface according to an embodiment of the present
invention.
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of a mobile communications
device for making a memorandum according to an embodiment of the
present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary implementation of the
data transmission process in FIG. 5 according to an embodiment of
the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Please refer to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a process
20 for making a memorandum in a mobile communications device
according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process 20
includes the following steps:
Step 200: start.
Step 210: display a label on a screen of the mobile communications
device.
Step 220: display a note in the label according to a first user
instruction.
Step 230: attach a multimedia data corresponding to the note
according to a second user instruction.
Step 240: end.
Therefore, according to the process 20, when the user makes a
memorandum in the mobile communications device, the present
invention can display the label on the screen of the mobile
communications device. Meanwhile, the present invention can display
the note corresponding to affairs being recorded in the label
according to the first user instruction, and can attach the
multimedia data corresponding to the note according to the second
user instruction, among which the first user instruction and the
second user instruction are signals inputted by the user through a
character input unit and a multimedia input unit of the mobile
communications devices, respectively corresponding to the note and
the multimedia data. Preferably, the above-mentioned label can be
an electronic note sticker, the multimedia data can be audio data
or audio and video data, and the mobile communications device can
be a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). Therefore,
with the process 20 of the present invention, the user not only can
display the recorded affair through the note on the screen of the
mobile communications device, but also can attach the multimedia
data corresponding to the recorded affair to the label at the same
time, so that the information of the affair can be recorded
sufficiently.
For example, when the user wants to record an affair on a label,
the present invention not only can briefly record the affair with a
note, but can attach audio data corresponding to the note to the
label for completely recording the affair with voices. Please refer
to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application of the
process 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As
shown in FIG. 3, a label 310 is displayed on a screen 300 of a
mobile communications device 30. The label 310 is utilized for
displaying a note 320, on which an affair can be recorded. Since
confined by the size of the screen, only few words can be used for
recording the affair in the note 320, and thus information of the
affair cannot be recorded sufficiently for reminding the user.
Therefore, by attaching audio data 330 corresponding to the note
320 to the label 310, the user can trigger a predetermined key 340
of the mobile communications device 30 for playing the audio data
330 to obtain sufficient information corresponding to the recorded
affair, so that the condition that the user cannot sufficiently
record the related information of the affair with the electronic
note sticker in the mobile communications device can be
improved.
Preferably, the label 310 of the present invention can be displayed
on the screen 300 when the mobile communications device 30 is in an
idle state, or in a predetermined time such as ten minutes before
the schedule, for preventing the label 310 from influencing normal
operations of the mobile communications device 30. In addition, the
present invention can further have functions like editing and
deleting the note 320, editing and deleting the audio data 330, or
adding, selecting, deleting and moving the label 310, and those
skilled in the art can certainly expand such similar functions
according to practical demands, which are also in the range of the
present invention.
On the other hand, the present invention can further transmit the
label 310 to other electronic devices through a data transmission
interface, such as infrared transmission interface, Bluetooth
interface, or through multimedia message service (MMS) and Email.
Thus, the label 310 of the present invention has to conform a
specific data storage format, which includes a plurality of data
fields for storing related data of the label 310. For example,
please refer to FIG. 4.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a data storage format 40 of the
label 310 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The
data storage format 40 includes an index field INDEX, a note
content field NOTE, an audio data storage address field VMEMO_PATH,
a storage status field STATUS, a label display status field
SHOW_FLAG, a time field TIME, and so on. The index field INDEX is
utilized for storing an index of the label 310. The note content
field NOTE is utilized for storing contents of the note 320. The
audio data storage address field VMEMO_PATH is utilized for storing
a storage address of the audio data 330 corresponding to the note
320. The storage status field STATUS is utilized for indicating
whether the audio data 330 corresponding to the note 320 is in a
play state. The label display status field SHOW_FLAG is utilized
for indicating whether the label 310 is displayed on the screen 300
of the mobile communications device. The time field TIME is
utilized for storing a time when generating the label 310. Note
that, those skilled in the art can add other desired data fields in
the data storage format 40 according to practical demands, such as
a multimedia data content field for storing the content of the
multimedia data, and are not limited thereto. Therefore, after
generating the label 310 in the mobile communications device 30,
the user can transmit the label 310 to other electronic devices
such as mobile phones or computers through the above-mentioned data
transmission manners, so that the other user can obtain the
information of the recorded affair as well.
Please further refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a
data transmission process 50 for transmitting a label to another
electronic device through a data transmission interface according
to an embodiment of the present invention. The data transmission
process 50 includes the following steps:
Step 500: start.
Step 510: transmit a label to an electronic device through a
transmission interface.
Step 520: receive the label through the data transmission interface
by the electronic device.
Step 530: determine whether data format of the label is correct. If
so, proceed to Step 540; and if not, proceed to Step 550.
Step 540: store the label.
Step 550: end.
Therefore, according to the data transmission process 50, the
present invention firstly transmits the label from the mobile
communications device to the electronic device through the data
transmission interface. When the label is received by the
electronic device through the data transmission interface, the
electronic device then determines whether the data format of the
label conforms to the data storage format 40 mentioned above. If
the data format is correct, the electronic device stores the label
and displays the label on the screen at the appropriate time; and
if not, the electronic device discards the received data.
Therefore, in the present invention, the other user can also obtain
the information corresponding to the recorded affair by reading the
label and playing the corresponding audio data. An exemplary
implementation of the data transmission process 50 is shown in FIG.
7.
Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of a
mobile communications device 60 for making a memorandum according
to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile
communications device 60 is utilized for realizing the process 20,
and includes a screen 600, a keypad 610, a multimedia input unit
620 and a memorandum unit 630. The multimedia input unit 620 is
utilized for inputting multimedia signals, which can be a
microphone or an audio and video input device. The memorandum unit
630 includes an output module 640, a first input module 650 and a
second input module 660. The output module 640 is utilized for
displaying a label on the screen 600. The first input module 650 is
utilized for displaying a note in the label according to a first
user instruction. The second input module 660 is utilized for
attaching a multimedia data corresponding to the note according to
a second user instruction. Note that, the first input module 650
can be a keypad control module, the second input module 660 can be
a multimedia data coder/decoder module, and the output module 640
can be a data processing module. Certainly, those skilled in the
art can implement the modules with different hardware or with
firmware, and are not limited thereto. Moreover, the mobile
communications device 60 can further include a non-volatile memory
680 for storing related data of the label. Therefore, with the
mobile communications device 60, the user not only can display the
recorded affair through a note on the screen 600, but also can
attach the multimedia data corresponding to the recorded affair to
the note at the same time, so that the information of the affair
can be recorded sufficiently.
As mentioned above, by attaching audio data to a note, the present
invention can solve the problem that the number of words is greatly
confined due to the screen size of the mobile communications
device, so as to increase convenience for the user. In addition,
the present invention can further transmit the label to other
electronic devices through the data transmission interface, with a
result that the other user can obtain the information of the
recorded affair as well.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous
modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made
while retaining the teachings of the invention.
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